Meat Filled Manicotti - cooking recipe

Ingredients

14 pieces manicotti noodles
1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. pork sausage
2 c. shredded Mozzarella cheese
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 c. dry bread crumbs
1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
3/4 c. chopped onion
3/4 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 3/4 c. spaghetti sauce

Preparation

Cook pasta according to package directions.
Drain.
Cool in a single layer on foil.
Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
In a large skillet, brown beef and sausage; drain fat.
Stir together meat, 1 cup Mozzarella, eggs, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, onion, oregano, salt and pepper.
Fill each cooled pasta tube with 1/4 cup meat filling.
Spread a thin layer of spaghetti sauce in bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish.
Place filled pasta in dish.
Cover with remaining sauce.
Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup Mozzarella cheese and add additional Parmesan.
Cover with foil.
Bake for 45 minutes, until hot and bubbly.
Serves 6 to 8.